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appoint three disinterested appraisers to appraise the dam-
ages to be awarded to the owner or owners of said property;
said appraisers shall return their appraisement within ten
(10) days after their appointment, and, upon payment of the
amount of such appraisement and giving security as pro-
vided above in Section 2 hereof, the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore may, at any time after ten days from such pay-
ment, take possession of said property and proceed with the
improvement. Thereupon, the said appeal shall be proceeded
with in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 hereof,
and the provisions of the City Charter applicable thereto.

4. None of the provisions of this Act shall apply to or in
any manner affect any case or cases now pending in any of
the Courts of the State of Maryland. All such case or cases
shall be heard and tried to final judgment or inquisition
under the law or laws in force on the date this Act shall
take effect.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall not
restrict or limit the present powers and authority vested in
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to condemn prop-
erty situate in Baltimore City for public use.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect July 1st, 1948.

Approved June 1, 1948.

CHAPTER 62

(House Bill 34)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections
4(b), 25 and 29(a) of Article 33 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Elections", sub-title
"Registration", relating to the setting aside of special days
for permanent registration in Baltimore City, and provid-
ing for the appointment of temporary registrars.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Sections 4(b), 25 and 29(a) of Article 33 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1947 Supplement), title "Elec-
tions", sub-title "Registration", be and they are hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

4.

(b) Beginning with January 1, 1948, the Supervisors of
Elections of the City of Baltimore shall have a chief clerk